Heavyweights Gabriel Gonzaga and Geronimo Dos Santos are likely headed to UFC 153.
MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with sources close to the event that verbal agreements are in place for the bout. Brazilian website Tatame first reported the pairing.
UFC 153 takes place Oct. 13 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. The event's main card airs live on pay-per-view while preliminary-card fights air on FX.
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Heavyweight Geronimo dos Santos has been forced out of next week's UFC 153 event in Rio de Janeiro.
UFC officials today announced the scratch but did not reveal the reason for his removal.
That leaves Gabriel Gonzaga without an opponent for
the card, but UFC officials did not announce whether a replacement
fighter would be sought on such short notice.
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Geronimo dos Santos was to have made his Octagon debut against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 153 but withdrew from the bout when pre-fight examinations revealed that the Brazilian heavyweight had hepatitis B. read news >>

A heavyweight bout between Gabriel Gonzaga and Junior dos Santos has been added to the UFC’s debut event on Versus on March 21 at the Odeum Colorado in Broomfield, Colo., the promotion announced on Wednesday. read news >>

Mirko Cro-Cop's return to the UFC will be against an all-too-familiar foe in the main event of the promotion's debut in Poland. Earlier today, the UFC announced three European-based events over the next few months, including a debut appearance in Krakow, Poland on April 18th. Confirmed for the main event is a heavyweight rematch from 2007, as Mirko Filipovic meets once more with Gabriel Gonzaga on the Fight Pass-streamed card. Light heavyweights Jimi Manuwa and Jan Blachowicz will take part in t read news >>

Two new match-ups were added to the upcoming UFC Fight Night 61 card in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Feb. 22, including the return of top ranked bantamweight Iuri Alcantara. Coming off three straight wins inside the Octagon, Alcantara is set to face Frankie Saenz. Combate first reported the bout. "Marajo" (32-5, 1 no-contest) gets back in action after going 3-0 in 2014. Since dropping a decision to Urijah Faber in 2013, the Brazilian bantamweight scored decision wins over Wilson Reis and Russell Doa read news >>

Move that needle! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight standouts not only bring the power and pain, but they bring the eyeballs, too. UFC on FOX 13, which went down on Dec. 13, 2014, from U.S. Airways Arena in Phoenix, Ariz., drew a solid 3.8 million viewers, according to a FOX Sports press release. The stacked event featured three Heavyweight fights on the televised main card, including Matt Mitrione knocking out Gabriel Gonzaga in round one (watch it) and Alistair Overeem obliterat read news >>